Rainbow Six Mobile shuts down on 16 January 2027 after February 2026 release
Ubisoft will shut down Rainbow Six Mobile on 16 January 2027. The mobile shooter soft-launched in 2023 and fully released in February 2026.
The game soft-launched in 2023 and received a full release in February 2026. That leaves less than a year between its global launch and planned closure.
Ubisoft says the development team is moving on to other long-term strategic projects. The company says it will share more details about the game’s final phase in the coming weeks.
What happened
Ubisoft has confirmed that Rainbow Six Mobile is being phased out. The mobile version of Rainbow Six Siege will stay available until 16 January 2027, when the servers and service will be shut down. In the provided source, this is described as a shutdown less than a year after the full release.
The timing gives the game a short lifecycle. Rainbow Six Mobile was already in soft launch in 2023 and was fully rolled out for players in February 2026. That puts the full release only a few months before the planned end date in January 2027.
According to Ubisoft, the developers are being moved to other long-term strategic projects. The company has not said which projects those are. Ubisoft also said it will share more information about the final phase of Rainbow Six Mobile in the coming weeks, but the provided information does not include an exact schedule for that communication.
The source ties the decision to the wider Rainbow Six franchise, where Rainbow Six Siege remains active. In the provided text, Siege is described as a game that is still successful more than ten years after release. That makes Rainbow Six Mobile an unusual case within the same series, since the mobile title is being ended after a relatively short run.
Timeline
2023 — Rainbow Six Mobile soft-launched, according to the provided source.
February 2026 — Rainbow Six Mobile fully released for a wider audience.
In the weeks after the announcement — Ubisoft says it will share more details about the game’s final phase.
16 January 2027 — Planned shutdown of Rainbow Six Mobile and end of service.
Background
Rainbow Six Mobile is the mobile version of Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft’s tactical shooter. The game was positioned as a mobile adaptation of the well-known franchise, and the provided source explicitly references its link to Siege. That matters because Ubisoft still has an active live-service game in the same franchise that has been running for more than ten years.
The source also mentions Rainbow Six Tactics as the next Rainbow Six game, expected to arrive next year. Ubisoft has not confirmed an exact release date in the provided information. So all that remains confirmed is that another Rainbow Six title is planned, without a specific day, month, or quarter.
The background information also refers to broader changes at Ubisoft, including a partnership with Tencent, mass layoffs, studio closures, and cancelled games. That context is used in the source to frame the situation around Rainbow Six Mobile, but the exact impact on this specific mobile title is not broken down further.
For now, three facts are confirmed: the shutdown date of 16 January 2027, the full release in February 2026, and the soft launch in 2023. Ubisoft has also said the team is moving to other long-term strategic projects. Which projects those are has not yet been revealed.